tips:-cut your nails before you do this. for some reason i didn't and that's how a lot of scratches happen.-give your horns about 24 hours to harden after you sculpt them before you start messing around with them. while they're drying, flip them every once in a while so they don't end up flat on one side.-to make horns like vriska or eridan's, i just roll the clay out out a little longer and bend it carefully. it takes many tries to get it right, so be patient.-the most important places to sand the horns are at the tip so it's pointy, and at the base so it's flat.-horns that seem small or thin will look taller and thicker when you put them on your head. i have two pairs of eridan horns, ones that look normal at first but when you put them on your head they look ridiculous and blocky. the others look tiny but they actually look very tall once theyre on my head.-mod podge is a type of liquid glue that can be used for a variety of purposes. you can paint it onto your horns after youve sculpted and sanded them to make a surface thats easy to paint on. then, after you paint, you can put on more mod podge to protect the paint. it goes on white but dries completely clear.-you will need three colors of acrylic paint: yellow, red, and white. don't paint the stripes on as yellow, orange, and red. the right colors are a light gold (yellow, some red, some white), light orange (yellow, more red, some white) and red orange (yellow, a little more red, a tiny bit of white). it takes some trial and error to get the colors just right.-a light coat of yellow/gold under the final paint will make it look more even and cut out white blotches. acrylic paint can be thinned out with water.-if you're using a headband, make sure it is as thin as you can find (1 cm to an inch). it should be made of fabric, not plastic (so its not shiny) and if its not black, you can paint it.-gluing to a headband can be hard, because hot glue is iffy. when my hot glue doesn't want to work, i either put a tiny piece of felt between the clay and the headband (makes the bond better) or use epoxy. epoxy is a very strong (and kind of hazardous) glue that comes in a two-part applicator and dries in 5 minutes. it also helps to not paint the bottom of the horn because some paints will rip right off the clay.-there are lots of ways to attach horns straight to a wig, but my way involves glue, felt, and sewing. i cut two circles of wig-colored felt out in the same circumference of the base of the horns. i sew the felt to the wig in the spot i want the horns to come from, and then i glue the horns to the felt. that way the wig isn't destroyed because i can just cut the thread holding the felt on to take it off. this will work even with tavros-sized heavy horns. as long as your wig fits your head, the horns will stay on and won't flop around.-pay attention to how the character's horns really look. get a lot of references from the actual comic (fanart can be inaccurate) to know how long and thick they are, the precise shape, and the placement on the character's head. it's okay to use fan interpretations if you like them better though, like eridan horns being on the side of the head or aradia horns, which don't have a specific shape.